lajevsleTell them apart

Quick tell: laje is a noun, le is an article, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“laje” is a noun and “le” is an article - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,102
“laje” frequency rank
#2,016
“le” frequency rank
18118
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature laje le
Definition rocha plana partícula gramatical usada antes de substantivos ou palavras substantivadas; por geral indica uma coisa em particular

Letter map: laje vs le

Shared letters muted; letters that set laje and le apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
laje
2 ch
le

Role in the sentence - laje and le

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: laje is anoun and leanarticle. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

laje is recorded at frequency rank #16,102, classified as anoun. le is at rank #2,016, tagged as anarticle.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 18118, this pair ranks #52,945 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of laje vs le

Shared letters: el. Private to "laje": aj. Private to "le": -.

"laje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "le" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lajealje · laej · lajje · ljae · llaje

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "laje" for "le" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "laje" is a noun and "le" an article, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "laje" or "le"?
"le" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,016 in our Portuguese list, against #16,102 for "laje". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "laje" and "le". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "laje" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "le" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,945 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "laje" and "le" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laca vs laje". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #52,945 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list